{"id":1997149,"date":"2023-08-10T19:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-suspends-campaign-over-lack-of-joy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T23:49:09","slug":"california-dem-suspends-campaign-over-lack-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-dem-suspends-campaign-over-lack-of-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat suspends campaign due to &#8216;lack of enthusiasm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-dem-suspends-campaign-over-lack-of-joy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1997149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Democrat&#8217;s Congressional Campaign Suspended Due to\u200c Lack of \u200dJoy<\/h2>\n<p>A Democrat running for \u2063a U.S. House seat\u200c in Orange County,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\">California<\/a>, announced on Thursday that he is suspending his campaign over a \u201clack\u2063 of joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aditya Pai, \u200ca 45th Congressional\u2062 District candidate who sought to win over the district \u200drepresented by Rep. Michelle \u2064Steel (R-CA), claimed in\u2062 a message to his \u2063supporters \u200cthat his 2024 effort is \u201cgoing well\u201d but found his \u201cheart is not \u200bquite in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m writing to \u200cannounce \u2062the suspension of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-cheri-bustos-diverts-post-office-aid-cash-to-own-campaign\/\" title=\"Dem Cheri Bustos Diverts Post Office Aid Cash to Own Campaign\">congressional campaign<\/a>, \u200bPai\u2064 for Congress. The reason is\u2062 simple: a lack of \u200cjoy,\u201d\u200d Pai said in a statement to supporters. \u2062\u201cLife \u2063is short. I believe one should enjoy their work. For the\u2063 past four\u2062 months, I have not enjoyed mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aditya Pai ends his campaign in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ca45?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ca45<\/a> \u2013\u2063 NOT because\u2064 the campaign \u200disn&#8217;t going well (it is, he insists) but because he&#8217;s just not feeling it anymore. \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t believe \u2062in expressive \u2064campaigns. So since I no longer wish \u200bto\u200b win\u200d or serve you in \u200dthe House, my campaign is \u2064over.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xn8uB5HrN5\">pic.twitter.com\/xn8uB5HrN5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lara Korte (@lara_korte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lara_korte\/status\/1689668803205173248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAnd were I fortunate enough to \u2063be\u2062 elected, I am now certain, I \u2064would be unhappy in Congress. I didn\u2019t know \u2062that four months ago. I know\u2063 that now,\u201d Pai \u2063added, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4147739-california-democrat-suspends-congressional-campaign-due-to-lack-of-joy\/\">according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Aditya Pai&#8217;s Vision and\u2062 Fundraising<\/h3>\n<p>According \u2063to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paiforcongress.com\/\">campaign website<\/a>, \u200cPai is a 31-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">trial attorney<\/a> who was born\u2063 in\u200c Bombay, India, and moved to Southern California at the \u200dage of 8 with his parents. Pai\u2019s \u201ckey\u201d issues\u200d included fighting corruption in Washington, D.C., codifying\u2062 <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, lowering the cost of housing, boosting small businesses,\u2062 and encouraging more legal \u2063immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2023\/08\/10\/aditya-pai-challenging-rep-michelle-steel-ends-congressional-campaign\/?utm_content=tw-ocregister&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow&#038;utm_medium=social\">Orange\u2063 County\u200b Register noted<\/a> that Pai raised slightly more than $139,000, nearly $17,000 of which \u2063came from a loan to \u200chimself. The report said two\u200d other\u2062 Democrats in\u200c the race, \u200cUC Irvine Law\u2062 graduate and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2023\/04\/04\/local-tiktok-influencer-wants-to-take-her-message-off-social-media-and-to-congress\/\">TikTok\u200d influencer<\/a> Cheyenne Hunt and Garden Grove Councilmember Kim Bernice Nguyen, have raised about $170,000 and $151,000, respectively, while Steel has raised more\u200b than $2 million.<\/p>\n<h3>The Road Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200bprimaries are \u2062set to take place in California \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Primary_elections_in_California,_2024\">in \u200dMarch<\/a>. In\u200d the \u2062general election,\u200d Democrats are hoping to flip several GOP-held seats in the state, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-education-group-launches-schoolhouse-shock-program-to-document-extremism-in-the-classroom\/\" title=\"North Carolina Education Group Launches \u2018Schoolhouse Shock\u2019 Program To Document Extremism In The Classroom\">district held<\/a> by two-term Steel, as\u2064 part of a strategy to retake the House, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-house-2024-election-b6211c2fa126ad6c422c174c309a9da7\">according to the\u2063 Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy pursuit of \u200boffice ends today,\u201d \u2063Pai said in his message on Thursday. \u201cAnd I am\u200d now actively looking for \u2064new ways to contribute \u2064that are more aligned with\u2064 who I\u200d am. I still cherish what Justice Brandeis called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">highest office<\/a>. I \u2062achieved it 10\u200d years ago:\u200c United States citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat candidate in Orange County, California, has halted his campaign due to a &#8220;lack of joy.&#8221; Aditya Pai, running for the 45th Congressional District seat, aimed to win over Rep. Michelle Steel&#8217;s district. In a message to supporters, he expressed his reasons for suspending his campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1997150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1997149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1997150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}